Socio-economic status of Gallipoli district in the first half of the 19th century

The aim of this study is to reveal the socio-economic status, population structure and population movements of Gallipoli subprovince in the first half of the 19th century. For this purpose, were used different archive materials to find out teh socio-economic situation and population structure of Gelibolu in the first half of the 19th century. These sources mentioned are consists of 155 (1842/1843), 285 (1843/1844), 321 (1844/1845), 923 (1847/1848) cizye/jizya registers, 4057 (1830/1831), 4060 (1841/1842), 4064 (1844/1845), 4066 (1844/1845), 4068 (1844/1845), 4071 (1844/1845) population registers and 16.124 (1840/1841), 16.125 (1840/1841) temettuat registers. From this point of view these sources, it has been possible to make several determinations including the population structure and socio-economic characteristics of the Gelibolu subprovince. First of all, important information about the socio-economic status and population structure of the Gallipolli subprovince, the average age of the people, typologies, health conditions, military service and economic activities were revealed. Our study expected to make a contribution in this field in terms of revealing a section of Gallipoli's history in detail, especially the first half of the 19th century.